Real-world data from Novo's Octane study show patients who switched from injectable GLP-1 therapy to oral semaglutide lost an average of 4.1% of their body weight within three months.
Novo licensed Hengrui's once-weekly oral GLP-1/GIP dual agonist HRS-1596 in a deal worth up to $2.6 billion, while AstraZeneca invested $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics to pair ivonescimab with its antibody-drug conjugate portfolio.